Pole support



J. M. BRND POLE SUfffORT Filed out; 12. -19221 Patented June 19, 1.923.

, UNITED sTATEs JOHN MATHIAS IBBANID,` OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

POLE SUPPORT. r

Application filed October 12, 1921. Serial No. 507,289.

To all/whom it 'may concern.'

Be it known that JOHN M,- BRAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, has invented certain newand useful Improvements in Pole Supports, of which the followi is a specification.

This invention re ates to improvements in pole supports, and has particular reference to an improved supporting structure ada ted or use in connection with shing po es for the purpose of retaining the latter in any desired position of operation and to dispense with the necessity of the manual holding of such poles or rods.

An object of the invention resides in the provision of a support of this character which is so formed as to be capable of being readily and detachably secured to the side of a boat or other relatively stationary body,

and wherein an improved socket member is provided by means of which the handle of a shing rod is capable of being securely yet detachably gripped in secured relation with the support and maintained in various,l

operative positions.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a support for fishing rods which consists in the provision of a base mounting capable of being securely associated with a relatively stationary base of any appropriate character, and in pivotally connecting the socket member with said base mounting so that a rod, positioned within the socket member maybe adjusted to assume various angular operative positions, there being an adjustable sto device between the base mounting an the socket member to positively limit, without resorting to the use of a frictional connection, the extent of oscillation of the socket member and to enable thereby the adjusted positions of the socket member and an associated rod to be maintained irrespective of the weight of the rod. A further object rests in providiigig the socket member with a spring pressed resilient tongue capable of frictionally gripping the end of a fishing rod positioned within the 'socket member and to permit of facilityV in Within the socket mem er or its removal therefrom. j

With these and other objects in view as vvill a pear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combinations of elements and ositioning the rod arrangements of parts, hereinafter. to, be ffull described, and distinctly pointed out 1n t e appended claim. A i

In the accompanying drawing, forming a p art of this specification, and in which similar characters of reference denote like and corresponding parts throughout the sev' eral'views thereof:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved fishing pole ,support comprising the present invention,

Fi ure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section?J view taken through the support,

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken through the support on the line 3 3 of Figure 2, and

Figure 4'is a side elevation of a slightly moritiiied form of base mounting for the suppo Referring more particularly to the details of the invention, there is provided a pole support which is primarily adapted for use in connection with boats or the like for the purpose of retaining a fishing rod in various operative positions .without requiring manual attention.l sists, in the specific embodiment illustrated in Figures 1 to 3, of a base mountin which is -forrned to include a substantial y yoke shaped body of inverted U shaped formation, which is capable of being positioned over the upper edge or side 2 of a boat, or

the like and to be securely et detachably retained in such an applic position by the provision of al manually operated screw 3, which is -threaded Within a bore 4 provided in one of 'the legs of the mounting 1, the inner end of the screw being provided with an enlarged head 5 which, upon the manipulation of theV screw, is capable of being brought into rin frictional engagement with the side 2 of a boat or other relatively stationary object for the purpose of rigidly retaining the base mounting 1 in a. fixed operative osition and to retain the. same against un ue movement when in use.

The upper part of the base mounting isv formed in this'instance with an integral ear 6 suitably apertured and adapted to be received within a recess 7 formed between a pair of downwardly projecting integral lugs 8 provided upon the under part of an adjustable rod holder or socket member 9, The lugs 8 are also apertured to register with the aperture provided in the ear'6, and a headed bo1t,10 is arranged to pass through these alignedy apertures for the purposeof roviding a .horizontal fpivotal connectlon between the mounting 1 and therod'holder 9. The outer end of the bolt 10 ,is threaded to receive a wing nut 11 which upon belng tightened will serve to resiliently compress the lugs 8 so that la' lon itudinally extending rod socket 12 forme therein, one end 'of said socket being closed by means of a wall 13 against which the lower or inner end, of a fishing rod or pole 14 is adapted to engage, the otherend of said socket being open to admit of the proper positioning of the lower or inner end of the rod 14 within the socket. To retaln the rod in the socket there is provided a pair of upwardly projecting ears- 15 upon the upper edges of the holder 9, which are arranged for cooperation wlth va similar palr of ears 16 formed upon a holding tongue 17, the said ears 15and 16 being apertured to receive a bolt 18 arranged to extend therethrough, as shown more particularly in Flgures 1 and 2, .one end of the bolt 18 being arranged-to project beyond the corresponding ear 15 to threadedly receive va wing nut 19 capable upon being tightened or loosened to control the freedom of pivotal movement 'of the tongue. The said tongue, as shown,

includes an outwardly projecting manipulating end 20, which is arranged above and is appreciably spaced from the end wall 13 oi the socket A12, so that by being engaged by the thumb of the operator the said tongue may be oscillated bodily Vabout. its pivotal bolt 18 softhat the depressed forwardly situated rod engaging extremity 21 of the tongue may be` raised or lowered out o or into engagement with the rod 14 situated within the socket of the holder. ln the present form of the invention the saidl bolt 18 is provided with .a coiled wire spring 22, which has one of its ends fixed to the bolt 18 and the other extremity disposed to engage with the lower surface of the manipulating end 20 of the tongue, the said spring serving to rock the extremity 21 into rictional holding engagement with the rod positioned within the socket 12. It will be apparent that by this constructionl themere oscillation of the tongue 17 will be all that is required to e'ect the removal or positioning of a rod or other analogous devicev in or out of/en' gagement with the holder.

An important phase of thev present inverntion resides in the provision of a construc- Maaate tion for positivelyl retaining the rod holder about its pivotal mounting, and for this rea.-

son the bolt and nut construction 10 and 11 is supplemented by means of, a screw 23,

which 1s threaded within a bore 24 provided in an ear 25 integrally formed with and angularly projecting from the forward extremity of the holder 9. By this construction it will be manifestthat the screw 23 may be brought to bear against the upper part of the base mounting 1 so as to positively engagel said mounting. Therefore, through the; use of the screw 23 and the speciic position occupied thereby it will be seen that undue oscillation of the rod holder, which is normally eiiected by the weight of the outwardly rejecting end of the pole, will be positive y precluded by the' engagement provided between the screw 22 and the base mounting. Of course it will be obvious that the ear 25 may directly engage'with the base mounting so as tolimit oscillation of the holder but by the provision ofthe screw 23 any desired adjustment of the holder may be preserved. Inv Figure 4a slightly modified form of base'mounting has been shown. This mounting is in the form of a stake and is designated by the numeral 26` the same being capable of being forced or driven into the ground and to thus provide a support for the holder 9 when the user is fishing from the shore. The upper endA of the stake is lformed with an ear 27, corresponding to the ear 6 in that it provides a horizontal pivotal mounting for the rod holder. The stake is also formed with an offset lug 28, which serves as a fixed abutment for the lower end. of the adjusting screw 23 of the holder. 1t will thus be understood that either of the base mountings may be used in connection tongue to hold the same in yielding engagement with a rod `positioned within the socket of said holder, said bolt also serving to limit the tilting movement of the rod in one direction.

ln testimony whereo'fl aiiix my signature.

.torturas BR, 

